you updated an NTSC wii with a PAL disc? yay! that was a GREAT idea!!!!!

you need to reinstall whatever System menu you had. Find the wad for it and install it with Wadmanager.

I have same problem andI my system menu was 4.2 (via sport resport) ... Would anyone post the steps on how to use wadmanager or he would share the wad file? I am assuming the wad file is the system menu file. Thanks for help a n00b.

For those calling me an idiot, i knew updating some japanese region games would brick it and I d/l the PAL european version and used the WiigionFree region patched tool and though that's safe but not!!! I should have waited for the legit NTSC version...

Thanks for replying ...on the preloader screen it reads ios v30 system menu v257.
I tried to install all wads under ios30 but no luck.
Then I Un Installed them and reinstalled the ones under ios30 but no luck

Download "NUS"
Use NUS to download and pack the needed files to wad
Download IOS30-v1039
and
Download System Menu v257 (3.1u)
Place both of those wads in sd:\wads
Place wadmanagers boot.dol in sd:\
Place sd-card in wii
Hold reset and boot
Click load/install
Load boot.dol
Wadmanager should start, use ios249
Install Ios30-v1039 wad
then
Install system menu v257 (3.1u) wad

After that your sytem will boot normally, preloader has been removed. You need to update to 3.2 or 4.1, then reinstall preloader. You can follow the 3.1-4.1 guide linked below for details on upgrading to 4.1 and installing preloader.